The first reported case of human tick paralysis in Brazil: a new induction pattern by immature stages

Almeida, Ramb; Ferreira, Maria Amélia; Barraviera, B; Jr, Haddad

doi:10.1590/s1678-91992012000400017

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“…The following day there was near total regression of manifestations. The researchers recommended that all cases of suspected tick paralysis should be promptly diagnosed and treated 22 .…”

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A rare case of tick infestation of the eyelid: case report and literature review

Çelebi¹,

Orkun²

2016

Revista Brasileira De Oftalmologia

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A rare case of tick infestation of the eyelid: case report and literature review U m caso raro de infestação de carrapatos da pálpebra: relato de caso e revisão da literatura A li R iza C enk C elebi 1 , O m er O rkun 2 R ESU M O E ste artigo apresenta um caso de infestação por carrapatos da pálpebra inferior por um a espécie previam ente não declarada. U m hom em de 71 anos de idade apresentou-se com um carrapato grudado na pálpebra inferior. O carrapato foi identificado m orfologicam ente, e, em seguida, um a estrutura m olecular através de reacção em cadeia da polim erase (P C R) e a sequenciação do seu D N A. A lém disso, um a análise da literatura pertinente aos gêneros de carrapatos associados à infestação do olho hum ano é fornecido. O carrapato, que estava em fase de desenvolvim ento das ninfas, foi identificado pela prim eira vez de acordo com chaves taxonôm icas com o D erm acentor sp. P ara identificação de espécies com pleta, gene 16S rD N A P C R e sequenciam ento foram realizadas, que m ostrou que o carrapato foi D. m arginatus. Sistem atizando espécie de carrapato poderia ajudar os m édicos a determ inar o potencial de transm issão de doenças hum anas transm itidas por carrapatos. D escritores: Infestações por carrapato/parasitologia; Infecções oculares parasitarias; P álpebras/patologia; R eação em cadeia da polym erase; Sequência de bases; D erm acentor/parasitologia; M ordeduras e picadas; R elatos de casos A BSTRA C T T his article presents a case of tick infestation of the low er eyelid by a previously unreported species. A 71-year-old m ale presented w ith a tick attached to the low er eyelid. T he tick w as identified m orphologically, and then m olecularly via polym erase chain reaction (P C R) and sequencing of its D N A. In addition, a review of the literature relevant to the genera of ticks associated w ith infestation of the hum an eye is provided. T he tick, w hich w as in the nym phal developm ental stage, w as first identified according to taxonom ic keys as D erm acentor sp. For com plete species identification, 16s rD N A gene P C R and sequencing w ere perform ed, w hich show ed that the tick w as D. m arginatus. System atizing tick species could assist physicians in determ ining the potential for transm ission of tick-borne hum an diseases.

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“…The following day there was near total regression of manifestations. The researchers recommended that all cases of suspected tick paralysis should be promptly diagnosed and treated 22 .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A rare case of tick infestation of the eyelid: case report and literature review

Çelebi¹,

Orkun²

2016

Revista Brasileira De Oftalmologia

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“…It is a well-described condition in domesticated animals, but can also manifest in humans; it was described in Canada, United States, Australia, Europe, Africa, Argentina and Brazil. 13 - 15 The tick must be attached to confirm the diagnosis and the removal of the arthropod makes the symptoms regress dramatically, with no sequelae. Treatment is symptomatic, and is especially indicated when there is respiratory failure.…”

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Skin manifestations of tick bites in humans

Haddad

Santos

et al. 2018

An. Bras. Dermatol.

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Ticks are blood-sucking arthropods that attach to human skin through oral devices causing diverse initial cutaneous manifestations, and may also transmit serious infectious diseases. In certain situations, the Health Teams (and especially dermatologists) may face difficulties in identifying the lesions and associating them to the parasites. To assist them in clinical diagnosis, we suggest a classification of the skin manifestations in primary lesions, which occur by the attachment the tick to the host (for toxicity and the anticoagulant substances in the saliva and/or marked inflammation by the penetration and permanence of the mouthparts) and secondary lesions that are manifestations of infections caused by rickettsia, bacteria, protozoa and fungi inoculated by the ticks.

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Crude saliva of Amblyomma cajennense sensu stricto (Acari: Ixodidae) reduces locomotor activity and increases the hemocyte number in the females of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Cerri

Araújo

Aguirre

et al. 2023

Experimental Parasitology

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The first reported case of human tick paralysis in Brazil: a new induction pattern by immature stages

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

A rare case of tick infestation of the eyelid: case report and literature review

A rare case of tick infestation of the eyelid: case report and literature review

Skin manifestations of tick bites in humans

Crude saliva of Amblyomma cajennense sensu stricto (Acari: Ixodidae) reduces locomotor activity and increases the hemocyte number in the females of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

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